Nicholas Oulton
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- Centre for Economic Performance (CEP)
London School of Economics (LSE) - Location: London, United Kingdom
Homepage: http://cep.lse.ac.uk/
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Phone: +44(0)20-7955 7284
Fax: +44(0)20-7955 7595
Postal: Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE
Handle: RePEc:edi:celseuk (more details at EDIRC)
Works
Working papers
- Oulton, Nicholas & Sebastia-Barriel, Maria, 2013.
"Long and short-term effects of the financial crisis on labour productivity, capital and output,"
Bank of England working papers
470, Bank of England.
- Nicholas Oulton & María Sebastiá-Barriel, 2013. "Long and Short-Term Effects of the Financial Crisis on Labour Productivity, Capital and Output," CEP Discussion Papers dp1185, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
- Oulton, Nicholas, 2012.
"Hooray for GDP! ,"
Open Access publications from London School of Economics and Political Science
CEPOP30, London School of Economics and Political Science.
- Nicholas Oulton, 2012. "Hooray for GDP!," CentrePiece - The Magazine for Economic Performance 383, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
- Nicholas Oulton, 2011. "The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: True PPPs for 141 Countries," CEP Discussion Papers dp1080, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
- Nicholas Oulton, 2010.
"Long Term Implications of the ICT Revolution: Applying the Lessons of Growth Theory and Growth Accounting,"
CEP Discussion Papers
dp1027, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
- Oulton, Nicholas, 2012. "Long term implications of the ICT revolution: Applying the lessons of growth theory and growth accounting," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 29(5), pages 1722-1736.
- Paul-Antoine Chevalier & Rémy Lecat & Nicholas Oulton, 2009.
"Convergence of Firm-Level Productivity, Globalisation, Information Technology and Competition: Evidence from France,"
CEP Discussion Papers
dp0916, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
- Chevalier, P-A. & Lecat, R. & Oulton, N., 2009. "Convergence of firm-level productivity, globalisation, information technology, and competition: evidence from France," Working papers 237, Banque de France.
- Nicholas Oulton, 2009.
"How to Measure Living Standards and Productivity,"
CEP Discussion Papers
dp0949, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
- Nicholas Oulton, 2012. "How To Measure Living Standards And Productivity," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 58(3), pages 424-456, 09.
- Nicholas Oulton & Ana Rincon-Aznar, 2009.
"Rates of Return and Alternative Measures of Capital Input: 14 Countries and 10 Branches, 1971-2005,"
CEP Discussion Papers
dp0957, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
- Nicholas Oulton & Ana Rincon-Aznar, 2009. "Rates Of Return And Alternative Measures Of Capital Input: 14 Countries And 10 Branches, 1971-2005," NIESR Discussion Papers 347, National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
- Nicholas Oulton, 2007. "Jeremy Greenwood and Per Krusell, "Growth Accounting with Investment-Specific Technological Progress: A Discussion of Two Approaches" A Rejoinder," CEP Discussion Papers dp0802, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
- Nicholas Oulton, 2007.
"Chain Indices of the Cost of Living and the Path-Dependence Problem: An Empirical Solution,"
CEP Discussion Papers
dp0797, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
- Oulton, Nicholas, 2008. "Chain indices of the cost-of-living and the path-dependence problem: An empirical solution," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 144(1), pages 306-324, May.
- Nicholas Oulton & Sylaja Srinivasan, 2005. "Productivity Growth and the Role of ICT in the United Kingdom: An Industry View, 1970-2000," CEP Discussion Papers dp0681, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
- Nicholas Oulton & Sylaja Srinivasan, 2005. "Productivity growth in UK industries, 1970-2000: structural change and the role of ICT," Bank of England working papers 259, Bank of England.
- Nicholas Oulton, 2005.
"Ex Post Versus Ex Ante Measures of the User Cost of Capital,"
CEP Discussion Papers
dp0698, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
- Nicholas Oulton, 2007. "Ex Post Versus Ex Ante Measures Of The User Cost Of Capital," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 53(2), pages 295-317, 06.
- Nicholas Oulton, 2004. "A Statistical Framework for the Analysis of Productivity and Sustainable Development," CEP Discussion Papers dp0629, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
- Nicholas Oulton, 2004.
"Investment-specific technological change and growth accounting,"
Bank of England working papers
213, Bank of England.
- Oulton, Nicholas, 2007. "Investment-specific technological change and growth accounting," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 54(4), pages 1290-1299, May.
- Thompson, Jamie & Hasan Bakhshi & Nick Oulton, 2003. "Modelling Investment When Relative Prices Are Trending: Theory and Evidence for the UK," Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2003 203, Royal Economic Society.
- Susanto Basu & John G. Fernald & Nicholas Oulton & Sylaja Srinivasan, 2003. "The Case of the Missing Productivity Growth: Or, Does Information Technology Explain why Productivity Accelerated in the US but not the UK?," NBER Working Papers 10010, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Susanto Basu & John G. Fernald & Nicholas Oulton & Sylaja Srinivasan, 2003.
"The case of the missing productivity growth: or, does information technology explain why productivity accelerated in the United States but not the United Kingdom?,"
Working Paper Series
WP-03-08, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
- Susanto Basu & John G. Fernald & Nicholas Oulton & Sylaja Srinivasan, 2003. "The Case of the Missing Productivity Growth: Or, Does Information technology explain why productivity accelerated in the United States but not the United Kingdom?," Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers 2021, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research.
- Nicholas Oulton & Sylaja Srinivasan, 2003. "Capital stocks, capital services, and depreciation: an integrated framework," Bank of England working papers 192, Bank of England.
- Hasan Bakhshi & Nicholas Oulton & Jamie Thompson, 2003. "Modelling investment when relative prices are trending: theory and evidence for the United Kingdom," Bank of England working papers 189, Bank of England.
- Oulton, N. & Srinivasan, S., 2003. "The Bank of England industry dataset," Open Access publications from University College London http://discovery.ucl.ac.u, University College London.
- Nicholas Oulton, 2002.
"Productivity versus welfare: or, GDP versus Weitzman's NDP,"
Bank of England working papers
163, Bank of England.
- Nicholas Oulton, 2004. "Productivity Versus Welfare; Or GDP Versus Weitzman's NDP," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 50(3), pages 329-355, 09.
- Nicholas Oulton, 2001.
"ICT and productivity growth in the United Kingdom,"
Bank of England working papers
140, Bank of England.
- Nicholas Oulton, 2002. "ICT and Productivity Growth in the United Kingdom," Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 18(3), pages 363-379.
- Nicholas Oulton, 2000.
"Must the growth rate decline? Baumol's unbalanced growth revisited,"
Bank of England working papers
107, Bank of England.
- Oulton, Nicholas, 2001. "Must the Growth Rate Decline? Baumol's Unbalanced Growth Revisited," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 53(4), pages 605-27, October.
- Nicholas Oulton, 1998. "A Tale of Two Cycles: Closure, Downsizing and Productivity Growth in UK Manufacturing, 1973-89," NIESR Discussion Papers 140, National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
- Peter E. Hart & Nicholas Oulton, 1998. "Job Generation in the UK Corporate Sector, 1986-95," NIESR Discussion Papers 139, National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
- Nicholas Oulton, 1998. "Investment, Capital and Foreign Ownership in UK Manufacturing," NIESR Discussion Papers 141, National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
- Nicholas Oulton, 1998. "Job creation and destruction in the corporate sector: the relative importance of births, deaths and survivors," NIESR Discussion Papers 134, National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
- Nicholas Oulton, 1998. "Labour Productivity and Foreign Ownership in the UK," NIESR Discussion Papers 143, National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
- Mary O'Mahony, & Nicholas Oulton and Jennet Vass, 1997. "Labour Productivity in Transport and Communications: International Comparisons," NIESR Discussion Papers 117, National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
- Nicholas Oulton & Garry Young, 1996. "The social rate of return to investment," NIESR Discussion Papers 93, National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
- Mary O'Mahony, & Nicholas Oulton and & Jennet Vass, 1996. "Productivity in Market Services: International Comparisons," NIESR Discussion Papers 105, National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
- Peter E. Hart and & Nicholas Oulton, 1996. "Job Creation And Variations In Corporate Growth," NIESR Discussion Papers 95, National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
- Nicholas Oulton, 1996.
"Competition and the Dispersion of Labour Productivity amongst UK Companies,"
NIESR Discussion Papers
103, National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
- Oulton, Nicholas, 1998. "Competition and the Dispersion of Labour Productivity amongst UK Companies," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 50(1), pages 23-38, January.
- Blad, Michael C. & Oulton, Nicholas, 1988. "Rubenstein's Solution of the Bargaining Problem: Some Generalisations and Extensions," Working Papers 121, University of Sydney, School of Economics.
- Blad, Michael C. & Oulton, Nicholas, 1987. "Union-Firm Bargaining as a Repeated Prisoner's Dilemma," Working Papers 92, University of Sydney, School of Economics.
- Nicholas Oulton, . "Depreciation, obsolescence and the role of capital in growth accounting: a comment on Scott's 'Policy implications of 'A new view of economic growth''," NIESR Discussion Papers 17, National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
- Nicholas Oulton, . "Workforce skills and export competitiveness: an Anglo-German comparison," NIESR Discussion Papers 47, National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
- Nicholas Oulton & Hilary Steedman, .
"The British system of youth training: a comparison with Germany,"
NIESR Discussion Papers
10, National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
- Nicholas Oulton & Hilary Steedman, 1994. "The British System of Youth Training: A Comparison with Germany," NBER Chapters, in: Training and the Private Sector, pages 61-76 National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Oulton, N. & Steedman, H., 1994. "The British system of youth training: a comparison with Germany," Open Access publications from University College London http://discovery.ucl.ac.u, University College London.
- Peter E Hart & Nicholas Oulton, .
"Growth and size of firms,"
NIESR Discussion Papers
77, National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
- Hart, Peter E & Oulton, Nicholas, 1996. "Growth and Size of Firms," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 106(438), pages 1242-52, September.
- Nicholas Oulton, .
"Increasing returns and externalities in UK manufacturing: myth or reality?,"
NIESR Discussion Papers
62, National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
- Oulton, Nicholas, 1996. "Increasing Returns and Externalities in UK Manufacturing: Myth or Reality?," Journal of Industrial Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 44(1), pages 99-113, March.
- Nicholas Oulton, . "Investment, increasing returns, and the pattern of productivity growth in UK manufacturing, 1954-76," NIESR Discussion Papers 5, National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
Articles
- Chevalier, Paul-Antoine & Lecat, Rémy & Oulton, Nicholas, 2012. "Convergence of firm-level productivity, globalisation and information technology: Evidence from France," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 116(2), pages 244-246.
- Oulton, Nicholas, 2012.
"Long term implications of the ICT revolution: Applying the lessons of growth theory and growth accounting,"
Economic Modelling,
Elsevier, vol. 29(5), pages 1722-1736.
- Nicholas Oulton, 2010. "Long Term Implications of the ICT Revolution: Applying the Lessons of Growth Theory and Growth Accounting," CEP Discussion Papers dp1027, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
- Nicholas Oulton, 2012.
"How To Measure Living Standards And Productivity,"
Review of Income and Wealth,
International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 58(3), pages 424-456, 09.
- Nicholas Oulton, 2009. "How to Measure Living Standards and Productivity," CEP Discussion Papers dp0949, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
- Oulton, Nicholas, 2008.
"Chain indices of the cost-of-living and the path-dependence problem: An empirical solution,"
Journal of Econometrics,
Elsevier, vol. 144(1), pages 306-324, May.
- Nicholas Oulton, 2007. "Chain Indices of the Cost of Living and the Path-Dependence Problem: An Empirical Solution," CEP Discussion Papers dp0797, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
- Paul-Antoine Chevalier & Rémy Lecat & Nicholas Oulton, 2008. "Convergence de la productivité des entreprises, mondialisation, technologies de l’information et concurrence," Économie et Statistique, Programme National Persée, vol. 419(1), pages 101-124.
- Oulton, Nicholas, 2007.
"Investment-specific technological change and growth accounting,"
Journal of Monetary Economics,
Elsevier, vol. 54(4), pages 1290-1299, May.
- Nicholas Oulton, 2004. "Investment-specific technological change and growth accounting," Bank of England working papers 213, Bank of England.
- Nicholas Oulton, 2007.
"Ex Post Versus Ex Ante Measures Of The User Cost Of Capital,"
Review of Income and Wealth,
International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 53(2), pages 295-317, 06.
- Nicholas Oulton, 2005. "Ex Post Versus Ex Ante Measures of the User Cost of Capital," CEP Discussion Papers dp0698, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
- Nicholas Oulton, 2004.
"Productivity Versus Welfare; Or GDP Versus Weitzman's NDP,"
Review of Income and Wealth,
International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 50(3), pages 329-355, 09.
- Nicholas Oulton, 2002. "Productivity versus welfare: or, GDP versus Weitzman's NDP," Bank of England working papers 163, Bank of England.
- Nicholas Oulton, 2002.
"ICT and Productivity Growth in the United Kingdom,"
Oxford Review of Economic Policy,
Oxford University Press, vol. 18(3), pages 363-379.
- Nicholas Oulton, 2001. "ICT and productivity growth in the United Kingdom," Bank of England working papers 140, Bank of England.
- Hart, Peter E & Oulton, Nicholas, 2001. "Galtonian Regression, Company Age and Job Generation 1986-95," Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Scottish Economic Society, vol. 48(1), pages 82-98, February.
- Oulton, Nicholas, 2001.
"Must the Growth Rate Decline? Baumol's Unbalanced Growth Revisited,"
Oxford Economic Papers,
Oxford University Press, vol. 53(4), pages 605-27, October.
- Nicholas Oulton, 2000. "Must the growth rate decline? Baumol's unbalanced growth revisited," Bank of England working papers 107, Bank of England.
- Peter Hart & Nicholas Oulton, 1999. "Gibrat, Galton and Job Generation," International Journal of the Economics of Business, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 6(2), pages 149-164.
- Oulton, Nicholas, 1998.
"Competition and the Dispersion of Labour Productivity amongst UK Companies,"
Oxford Economic Papers,
Oxford University Press, vol. 50(1), pages 23-38, January.
- Nicholas Oulton, 1996. "Competition and the Dispersion of Labour Productivity amongst UK Companies," NIESR Discussion Papers 103, National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
- O'Mahony, Mary & Oulton, Nicholas & Vass, Jennet, 1998. "Market Services: Productivity Benchmarks for the UK," Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, vol. 60(4), pages 529-51, November.
- Nicholas Oulton, 1998. "Technology, Globalisation and Economic Performance - A Review of Daniele Archibugi and Jonathan Michie, eds, Technology, Globalisation and Economic Performance," International Journal of the Economics of Business, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 5(3), pages 409-414.
- Peter Hart & Nicholas Oulton, 1997. "Zipf and the size distribution of firms," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 4(4), pages 205-206.
- Hart, Peter E & Oulton, Nicholas, 1996.
"Growth and Size of Firms,"
Economic Journal,
Royal Economic Society, vol. 106(438), pages 1242-52, September.
- Peter E Hart & Nicholas Oulton, . "Growth and size of firms," NIESR Discussion Papers 77, National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
- Oulton, Nicholas & Young, Garry, 1996. "How High Is the Social Rate of Return to Investment," Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 12(2), pages 48-69, Summer.
- Oulton, Nicholas, 1996.
"Increasing Returns and Externalities in UK Manufacturing: Myth or Reality?,"
Journal of Industrial Economics,
Wiley Blackwell, vol. 44(1), pages 99-113, March.
- Nicholas Oulton, . "Increasing returns and externalities in UK manufacturing: myth or reality?," NIESR Discussion Papers 62, National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
- Oulton, Nicholas, 1995. "Depreciation, Obsolescence and the Role of Capital in Growth Accounting," Bulletin of Economic Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 47(1), pages 21-33, January.
- Oulton, Nicholas, 1993. "Widening the Human Stomach: The Effect of New Consumer Goods on Economic Growth and Leisure," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 45(3), pages 364-86, July.
- Oulton, Nicholas, 1983. "Persistence of Wages, Prices and Output under Rational expectations When the Labour Market Is Dominated by Workplace Bargaining," The Manchester School of Economic & Social Studies, University of Manchester, vol. 51(2), pages 111-28, June.
- Oulton, Nicholas, 1981. "Aggregate Investment and Tobin's Q: The Evidence from Britain," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 33(2), pages 177-202, July.
- Oulton, Nicholas, 1978. "Explaining aggregate investment in Britain : The importance of Tobin's Q," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 1(3), pages 253-257.
- Oulton, Nicholas, 1976. "Inheritance and the Distribution of Wealth," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 28(1), pages 86-101, March.
- Oulton, Nicholas, 1974. "The Distribution of Education and the Distribution of Income," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 41(164), pages 387-402, November.
Software components
- Nicholas Oulton, 1998. "PANTEST2: Stata module to perform diagnostic tests in fixed effects panel regressions," Statistical Software Components S336601, Boston College Department of Economics.
Chapters
- Susanto Basu & John G. Fernald & Nicholas Oulton, 2004. "The Case of the Missing Productivity Growth, or Does Information Technology Explain Why Productivity Accelerated in the United States But Not in the United Kingdom?," NBER Chapters, in: NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2003, Volume 18, pages 9-82 National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Nicholas Oulton & Hilary Steedman, 1994.
"The British System of Youth Training: A Comparison with Germany,"
NBER Chapters,
in: Training and the Private Sector, pages 61-76
National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Oulton, N. & Steedman, H., 1994. "The British system of youth training: a comparison with Germany," Open Access publications from University College London http://discovery.ucl.ac.u, University College London.
- Nicholas Oulton & Hilary Steedman, . "The British system of youth training: a comparison with Germany," NIESR Discussion Papers 10, National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
NEP Fields
23 papers by this author were announced in NEP, and specifically in the following field reports (number of papers):- NEP-BEC: Business Economics (2) 2005-12-01 2009-06-17
- NEP-CBA: Central Banking (1) 2010-04-11
- NEP-CSE: Economics of Strategic Management (1) 2009-07-17
- NEP-DEV: Development (4) 2001-10-01 2005-01-02 2007-07-07 2011-10-09
- NEP-EEC: European Economics (8) 2001-10-01 2003-06-25 2003-09-24 2003-11-30 2005-07-03 2009-07-17 2010-01-16 2011-06-11. Author is listed
- NEP-EFF: Efficiency & Productivity (7) 2001-10-29 2003-10-20 2005-07-03 2005-12-01 2009-06-17 2009-07-17 2013-02-08. Author is listed
- NEP-EUR: Microeconomic European Issues (1) 2010-04-11
- NEP-FDG: Financial Development & Growth (1) 2013-02-08
- NEP-HPE: History & Philosophy of Economics (1) 2013-01-07
- NEP-ICT: Information & Communication Technologies (2) 2005-12-01 2011-06-11
- NEP-INO: Innovation (4) 2001-10-01 2003-09-24 2005-07-03 2005-12-01
- NEP-LAM: Central & South America (1) 2003-06-25
- NEP-MAC: Macroeconomics (7) 2003-06-25 2003-06-25 2004-02-29 2010-01-16 2011-06-11 2012-12-10 2013-02-08. Author is listed
- NEP-SBM: Small Business Management (1) 2009-07-17
- NEP-TID: Technology & Industrial Dynamics (2) 2001-10-01 2001-10-01
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Most cited item
- Peter E Hart & Nicholas Oulton, . "Growth and size of firms," NIESR Discussion Papers 77, National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
Most downloaded item (past 12 months)
- Nicholas Oulton, 1998. "PANTEST2: Stata module to perform diagnostic tests in fixed effects panel regressions," Statistical Software Components S336601, Boston College Department of Economics.
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